New Delhi: Veteran Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi met with a severe accident after her car rammed into a truck on Mumbai-Pune expressway on Saturday afternoon. Shabana Azmi was shifted to Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai from MGM hospital where she was initially admitted. According to doctors, she has suffered a head injury and there is slight damage to backbone. Her husband & lyricist Javed Akhtar was also traveling with her. However, he escaped with a minor injury.


Ever since the accident news came out, various popular Bollywood celebrities including Lata Mangeshkar, Swara Bhasker and Hansal Mehta took to their social media accounts and prayed for Shabana Azmi's speedy recover who got injured in the road accident. Take a look at their tweets below;

Lata Mangeshkar: Deeply upset after hearing Shabanaji was hurt in a car accident. My prayers for a speedy recovery.


Hansal Mehta: The Mumbai-Pune expressway has always been dangerous and there is little or no monitoring to prevent rash driving. Have seen so many terrible accidents there. Hope #ShabanaAzmi is fine. Dear @OfficeofUT please improve safety on this route urgently. It is quite a death trap.


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Swara Bhasker: Shabana Azmi injured in road accident on Mumbai- Pune Expressway. OMG! Praying so hard.

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Nora Fatehi: Praying for your speedy recovery! @AzmiShabana Very unfortunate!?? #ShabanaAzmi.


Neena Gupta: Thank god we pray fr u shanana


Gauahar Khan: Shabanaji ❤️ praying hard ✨✨✨


Rituparna Sengupta: Just heard that @AzmiShabana ji met with an accident. Praying for her speedy recovery...Get well soon Shabana ji.


The good news is that Shabana Azmi is stable now however she is still under medical observation. An FIR has been registered against actor Shabana Azmi's driver. The complaint has been registered by Rajesh Pandurang Shinde, the truck driver as his vehicle was hit from behind by the Azmi's car.

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